Sphenometopa fastuosa

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Tachina fastuosa Meigen, 1824: 370 . Type locality: France, Ventour, N Carpentras, Beduin; France, Lyon.

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, 7–28.xi.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC) ; 1♂, same locality but 25.ii–25.v.2002 (NMWC) .

Distribution. Armenia, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Poland, Russia (South European Territory), Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993, as Araba fastuosa).